England, Brian, Author at Howard County Citizens Association HCCA https://howardcountyhcca.org/author/brian-england/ A non-profit organization of concerned county residents Sat, 04 Mar 2017 16:44:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 New Town Columbia – An Update https://howardcountyhcca.org/new-town-columbia-an-update/ Thu, 14 May 2015 19:30:21 +0000 http://howardcountyhcca.org/?p=2649 Brian England presented this speech at the May 13, 2015 HCCA Annual Meeting.   Over the last two years JD Smith and I have been working on understanding the New Town Zoning process. We have reviewed enough documents to fill several tables! We have listened to many people and soaked up their ideas and opinions! After […]

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]]> 10 Reasons Why We Should Keep Columbia a Planned Community (Part 2 of 2) https://howardcountyhcca.org/10-reasons-keep-columbia-planned-community-part-2-2/ Tue, 30 Sep 2014 11:00:17 +0000 http://howardcountyhcca.org/?p=2459 This is part 2 of a 2-part blog series providing reasons 5 through 10 of why we should keep Columbia a Planned Community.  Part 1 of this series is here. 5.  Consistency in Design – The photo below shows the new pathway that connects the Howard Community College to Blandair Park.  The lamps look like […]

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]]> 10 Reasons Why We Should Keep Columbia a Planned Community (part 1 of 2) https://howardcountyhcca.org/10-reasons-keep-columbia-planned-community-part-1-2/ Mon, 22 Sep 2014 14:47:29 +0000 http://howardcountyhcca.org/?p=2431 Here are the first four of ten reasons why we should keep Columbia a planned community and preserve the vision of Columbia’s founders. 1. Predictability for Business Owners and Developers – When regulations are in place and enforced stakeholders don’t have to guess what will happen.  Developers know what to expect and business owners don’t have to fear that a […]

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]]> New Town Columbia – Our Planned Community is Now At Risk https://howardcountyhcca.org/new-town-columbia-planned-community-now-risk/ https://howardcountyhcca.org/new-town-columbia-planned-community-now-risk/#comments Sun, 14 Sep 2014 13:37:38 +0000 http://howardcountyhcca.org/?p=2232 Do you recognize this photo?  It’s not Columbia, but it may well be 5 years from now, that is if we continue along our same trajectory. You may have heard the term “at risk”.  It means exposed to harm or danger. Well, that’s just what’s happening to Columbia right now.  We are at risk for […]

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]]> https://howardcountyhcca.org/new-town-columbia-planned-community-now-risk/feed/ 2 The Trend Back to Small & Local: When Bigger Isn’t Better https://howardcountyhcca.org/the-trend-back-to-small-local-when-bigger-isnt-better/ Sat, 08 Feb 2014 14:48:33 +0000 http://howardcountyhcca.org/?p=1878 This post was contributed by Brian England.  For the past 35 years, he has owned and operated British American Auto Care in Columbia, MD. Forty years ago, when we moved to Columbia, we lived in Oakland Mills. Our village center was compact, but it had everything we needed on a weekly basis: a grocery store, […]

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]]> England Letter Urging Ulman to Curtail Redlining Published by The Baltimore Sun Media Group https://howardcountyhcca.org/england-letter-urging-ulman-to-curtail-redlining-published-by-the-sun/ Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:32:15 +0000 http://howardcountyhcca.org/?p=1570 And the fight against the practice of redlining goes on… An outstanding letter to the editor, written by HCCA Director, Brian England, ran in the June 13, 2013 edition of the Howard County Times, and is posted on the explorehoward.com website.  It urges Ken Ulman to curtail this practice. “Will we become a planned community […]

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]]> AAA Circumvents Planning Process with Redline to Avoid Public Hearings on Proposed Columbia Auto Repair Shop https://howardcountyhcca.org/aaa-uses-redline-to-circumvent-planning-process-in-howard-county-for-proposed-auto-repair-shop/ Sat, 08 Jun 2013 03:37:48 +0000 http://howardcountyhcca.org/?p=1557 This post was contributed by Brian England. In the planned community of Columbia, auto service and repair has been restricted to gas stations, automotive service parks and to the interior of industrial parks.  However, when AAA decided to locate a shop in Columbia, they wanted a more prominent location on a major thoroughfare (in this […]

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